Today it is widely recognized that biotechnology is one of the key sectors of the emerging knowledge based economy (see, e.g., Trippl and Tödtling 2007). Revenues and turnovers from biotechnology applications – here defined to include all applications of science and technology to living...

The focus of this study is on integration processes in European R&D by analyzing the spatio-temporal dimension of three different R&D collaboration networks across Europe. These networks cover different types of knowledge creation, namely co-patent networks, project based R&D networks within the...

The focus in this paper is on knowledge spillovers between hightechnology firms in Europe, as captured by patent citations. The European coverage is given by patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) that are assigned to high-technology firms located in Europe. By following the...